Definition of germophobe
: a person who has an abnormal fear of germs
variants:
or less commonly
germaphobe
Updated on: 24 Apr 2018
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Anchor Michael Che dismissed Trump’s claim of being a germophobe by citing the president’s relations with hookers.
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Thompson as Alex’s best friend Marty exudes affability, Washington’s Gloria is bold and beautiful and Bertaux makes a lanky, likeable germophobe.
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Say hello to Sheldon Cooper 9.0 of CBS spinoff Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory origin story that tracks genius Sheldon as a young germophobe, also 9, who's entering high school in east Texas in 1989.
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The film is set in the mid-eighties, and earlier scenes in the movie had invoked AIDS and the fear of contagion (the germophobe kid had heard of a lady who got AIDS from just touching a pole).
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Encased in a squeeze tube printed with its signature Neutraface 2.0 font, its old-timey-apothecary feel aesthetically conceals the neuroticism of a germophobe with good design.
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First Known Use of germophobe
1894
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